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April 9, 2018
Washington, D.C. – The House Judiciary Committee has announced its schedule for the week of April 9-13, 2018. WEDNESDAY, APRIL 1110:00 a.m.
April 9, 2018
Washington, D.C. - House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) joined a bipartisan, bicameral group of 15 Members of Congress to file an amicus brief in the pending Supreme Court ruling on South Dakota v.
April 5, 2018
Washington, D.C. – In a joint letter to the Secretary of Homeland Security, Senate and House Judiciary Committee chairmen Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) and former Senate Judiciary Committee chairman Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) urged the swift implementation of regulations that would drastically curtail the amount of fraud and abuse that has become common in the EB-5 regional center program. “As we have noted several times since the publication of these proposed regulations, they would, if finalized, dramatically reform the EB-5 program and re-align t
April 5, 2018
Washington, D.C. - House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) today issued the following statement following the announcement that H.J.Res 2 will be brought to the House Floor for a vote. Chairman Goodlatte: “A balanced budget amendment has been one of the highest priorities of my tenure in Congress.  A constitutional amendment requiring a balanced budget would finally bring discipline to federal spending and would benefit generations to come.
April 4, 2018
Washington, D.C. – Today, President Trump signed into law the Secret Service Recruitment and Retention Act (H.R. 3731). This bipartisan bill, authored by Congressman John Katko (R-N.Y.), ensures that the men and women of the United States Secret Service are paid for the overtime they worked in 2017 and 2018.
March 29, 2018
Washington, D.C. -- House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) and House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Trey Gowdy (R-S.C.) released this statement following the announcement that Attorney General Jeff Sessions will tap U.S. Attorney John W. Huber to investigate the actions of the Department of Justice in 2016 and 2017. "We are encouraged that Attorney General Sessions has designated U.S. Attorney John W. Huber to investigate the actions of the Department of Justice and FBI in 2016 and 2017.
March 28, 2018
Washington, D.C. – House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) today issued the following statement on the announcement from the Department of Justice Office of the Inspector General that it will investigate the Justice Department’s and FBI’s compliance with legal requirements and procedures in applications filed with the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court relating to Carter Page and the FBI’s relationship with Christopher Steele and Fusion GPS: “I welcome the announcement from the Inspector General’s office that it will investigate potential ab
March 23, 2018
Washington, D.C. – House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) recently sat down with AgDay TV host Clinton Griffiths to discuss his bill, the Agricultural Guestworker Act. This bill creates a new, workable agricultural guestworker program for America’s farmers and ranchers and is also contained in the Securing America’s FutureAct (H.R.
March 22, 2018
Washington, D.C. – Rep. Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) and Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), the chairmen of the House and Senate Judiciary Committees, today made the following statement on the failure of congress to reform the deeply flawed and fraud-ridden EB-5 Visa Regional Center program. “We, as chairmen of the Senate and House committees of jurisdiction, have been working in good faith with stakeholders for years on a compromise solution to fix the corrupt and fraud-ridden EB-5 regional center program.
March 22, 2018
Washington, D.C. – House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) today subpoenaed the Department of Justice for documents regarding charging decisions in the investigation surrounding former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s private email server, potential abuses of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, and the FBI’s Office of Professional Responsibility recommendation to fire former FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe. Last year, the House Judiciary Committee and House Oversight and Government Reform Committee announced a